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Originally posted by M@GOid View Post
A bit of reality shock for some people:
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-...zgbs/pc/284822
Polaris still sold strongly. Number two most sold card om Amazon right now. The goddamned Nvidia Gt710 is number one in sales, LOL.
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Originally posted by boxie View Postpolaris will be around for years to come. someone getting a cheap machine together could quite easily get a polaris GPU and have a fantastic experience under Linux!
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Originally posted by Chugworth View PostI'm guessing that probably won't work well on my card. I still have an RX 480 that must have some problem. On its default fan settings, games have horrible stuttering unless I manually crank the fan up to 100% so it sounds like a leaf blower. Initially I thought the stuttering was some Linux gaming bug until I realized the problem was in Windows also, and then I discovered the fan issue. It's probably time for me to upgrade the card. But given that there aren't really any new games that interest me these days, I just haven't wanted to.
ZeroRPM sounds like a great idea though. Any graphics chip that requires a spinning fan for just regular desktop apps and video playing is clearly designed poorly.
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostPolaris still actively used on the workstation side, in the entry level Radeon Pro cards. I have a wx7100 and a wx3200 card here and they work great. The wx3200 is the very newest entry workstation card from AMD, released in 2019, and yes it's Polaris.
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Originally posted by khnazile View PostThose hundreds of kilowatts, wasted over the years by Polaris GPUs...
Never mind those intel 14 nm++++ CPU's that only respect TDP at base clocks. They advertise 95w TDP but then pull 280+ watts under boost. If you want to talk electric waste, that's where you ought to start. Just look at this chart showing a Ryzen 3600 build pulling 150w under load, and an identical intel i5-10400 rig pulling 350w under the same load. Holy e-Waste Batman! https://youtu.be/3Sx6i58W5nI?t=439Last edited by torsionbar28; 16 October 2020, 09:25 AM.
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Originally posted by M@GOid View PostA bit of reality shock for some people:
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-...zgbs/pc/284822
Polaris still sold strongly. Number two most sold card om Amazon right now. The goddamned Nvidia Gt710 is number one in sales, LOL.
Seems to me the GTX 1060 and 1660 (and their Ti/Super variants) were otherwise the most popular among gamers. Regardless, the 1060 isn't exactly new either.
As long as people are still on 1080p@60Hz (which most people are) then there's not much of an incentive to ever upgrade. Even though the RTX 3000 series seems to be the first step toward making 4K affordable, it's still prohibitively expensive for many.
I myself am still using an R9 290, though, depending how the 6000 series performs and costs, that might be when I finally upgrade.
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Originally posted by skeevy420 View PostMy RX 580 has stupid high stock voltages that are overkill for 1080p gaming which causes my GPU to run hot, thermal throttle, and make games suck. If all you're doing is 1080p gaming try undervolting your GPU. That's what I do.
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Originally posted by M@GOid View PostA bit of reality shock for some people:
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-...zgbs/pc/284822
Polaris still sold strongly. Number two most sold card om Amazon right now. The goddamned Nvidia Gt710 is number one in sales, LOL.
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